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Show . License Are JDue For Bogs In Cities And County If you live in Davis County and you own a dog, now is the time to contact your local city officials or the county animal control people to secure the required yearly-renewable yearly-renewable dog licenses. , DOG LICENSES are due Jan. I. 1984. I he license is considered delinquent if it is -not purchased before March 31. 1984. All dogs over the age of four months need a license. Proof of a rabies vaccination is also required. re-quired. COUNTY AND city ordinances limit the number of dogs to two per residence. Anyone Any-one having more than two dogs must obtain a kennel license. The kennel permit is secured se-cured through the county health department and in accordance with city and county zoning zon-ing laws. A person wanting to operate a kennel should check with city officials in the area in which he resides. Dog licenses cost S5 for an altered dog or SIO for an unaltered animals. Proof that the , animal has been altered is required. THERE IS a $5 per animal late penalty. Several rabies clinics have been set up for Saturday, Feb. 18 to assist people with obtaining rabies shots for their dogs and for cats. This is a project of the Utah Veterinary Association. Local veterainarians will be donating their time for this project. LOCATIONS of the rabies clinics are as follows: Clearfield Fire Department, 104 E. Center, Clearfield from 2-5 p.m.: White Animal Clinic. Highway 89 and Shepard Lane. Farmington from 1 1 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Layton Commons Park Pavillion. Wasatch Drive. Layton from 2-5 p.m.; Bountiful City Hall, 790S. 100 E., Bountiful from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Rabies shots will cost $5. ANIMAL CONTROL officials will be in attendance at the clinics to make it easy for people to purchase dog licenses. Clinton and Sunset have their own, independent inde-pendent animal control and licensing programs. prog-rams. In these two cities, the sale of dog licenses starts Dec. I. The delinquent date is Jan. 15. Dog licenses in Clinton and Sunset Sun-set cost $15 for unaltered and S7.50 for altered. After the due date, the price is S22 for unaltered and $12 for altered. Rabies shots and proof that the animal has been altered are required. COUNTY animal control officials want to remind the public that large animals need extra care this winter. Several complaints of poorly fed and starving animals have been reported. Mr. Evans of the county animal control suggests that people who keep horses or cattle on winter range near the Great Salt Lake marshes check on their stock. Normally, there is plenty of feed for the animals over the winter in these range areas. This year the deep snow and the cold crusting of the snow have made it difficult for the animals to secure feed. Cattle also need a fresh supply of water frequently. The keeping of large animals within the limits of a city is regulated by city ordinance. ordi-nance. Before anyone secures horses, cows, sheep, goats, fowls, rabbits, etc.. they should check with the city officials where they live to see if they are in conformance conform-ance with the local zoning ordinances. LAYTON CITY is the only place in Davis County that has an ordinance controlling cats. Last year when the city-wide master plan and zoning map was adopted by the city council, the comprehensive ordinance included in-cluded a statement about kennels. Any house hold that keeps more than two cats is required by Layton City ordinance to obtain a kennel license. This is the same ordinance that applies to dogs. KENNEL LICENSES in Layton can only be secured if the person lives in an agriculture agricul-ture zone. People not conforming to the Layton ordinance may have 30 days to bring their number of pets into conformance with the ordinance. EXOTIC pets such as skunks, raccoons, etc., are regulated by the Wildlife Resources Re-sources people with cooperation of city officials, offi-cials, dmg |